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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live31:15Typhoon weapon stations and the limits of the CIWS labelNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:09:05The case for a 40 mm close-in weapon systemQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:12:12Goalkeeper, Phalanx, and the cost of close defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:50:22A FRAM Gearing with modern electronicsNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:04:06What limits the number of secondary guns on a warship?Q&A
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance7:41Torpedoes and HQ-10 complement the VLS armamentNotable Point
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance8:34H/PJ-11, Goalkeeper comparisons and the main gunNotable Point
- Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate4:09A case for three OTO Melara 76 mm gunsNotable Point
- Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate5:24AK-630 firepower and maintenanceNotable Point
- Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate5:47AK-630 movement compared with Goalkeeper and DardoNotable Point
- Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate7:06Full-circle coverage and target switchingNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam12:22Close-in defenses on the Type 054Notable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...2:00:56Why are close-in guns few and missiles dominant?Q&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:32:2576 mm guns as a defence against drone swarmsNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:06:50Close-in magazines and the last leakerQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:16:58Does close defence need an immediate layer?Q&A
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?15:14Sea Dart, Goalkeeper and Phalanx on InvincibleNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?30:11Gun ammunition, RAM missiles and the cost of close defenceNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?57:37Crewing and self-defence for the enlarged carrierNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs22:29FREMM weapon layers, firing arcs, and redundancyNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs31:39AK-630 traverse limits and overlapping close defenceNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:12:57Will counter-drone warfare bring back more naval guns?Q&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:01Why four 76 mm guns are not simple overkillQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:06How a fragmentation layer reduces the load on close-in defencesNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:21:01Maya-class firepower and stealth tradeoffsChapter
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes23:38Kolkata gun layers and drone-defence economicsNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:02:09Rapid-fire guns remain a practical answer to dronesQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:03Restoring layered gun defenses against dronesNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?22:18From armed merchant cruiser to defensible merchant vesselChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:14:51Last-mile defence must exist before the emergencyChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:16:25The March 2026 Hormuz case for merchant self-defenceNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....13:35Intercept cost depends on the ship at riskNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:26:14Redundancy for an independently operating BurkeNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:38:42Close-in guns can complement point-defence missilesNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:44:19Lasers should complement proven close-in weapons firstQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:55A 1960s gun cruiser evolved for modern serviceQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:27Gun and CIWS weight in proportion to the shipNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be59:08Air-defence design must survive maintenance and battle damageNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be1:19:47Type 052D layers close-in weapons without duplicating themNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:33:30A proposed armament for a new frigateQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:26Mistral missiles on Type 23 gun mountsQ&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:00:08Peace-dividend designs traded war-fighting redundancy for efficiencyChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:05:25Do VLS missile layers provide enough defensive redundancy?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:18:05Lasers belong inside layered gun and missile defensesNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...33:16Auxiliary self-defence complements the frigate escortNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:05:41Phalanx and the problem of intercepting too close to the shipNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)55:14A large combatant does not need a Mark 29 launcherQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:16:45Goalkeeper made Phalanx a stronger competitorNotable Point
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far20:38Why pairs of defensive systems leave dangerous arcsChapter
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far40:21Command space and the assumptions behind self-defenceNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics6:20Defending fleet auxiliaries inside the task groupChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle13:53DragonFire's promise and the limits of an anti-ship laserQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle3:50:18Why SeaRAM and Sea Wolf are not direct equivalentsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War4:26:37The one-stop-shop compromise in Kashtan CIWSQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:38:23What a modernized Alaska-class large cruiser might retainQ&A
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- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age58:44Type 83 size follows from endurance and magazine depthChapter
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age1:00:17Close-in defence needs overlapping weapons, not a token pairNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:38:51Why the OTO Melara 76 mm fits almost any warshipQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut2:21:50A heavily armed modern destroyer conceptQ&A
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!8:37Super Rapid turns a three-inch gun into a defensive wallChapter
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:06:15Warship armor against FPV dronesQ&A
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- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)44:51Layered air defense aims for survival, not invulnerabilityChapter
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:29:43Combining twin Phalanx mounts with RAMQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:13Larger-caliber Phalanx-style weapons and the weight problemQ&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?50:13Why naval guns complete the defensive layersChapter
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?1:20:46Layered defense instead of one perfect weaponNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:17:39Sensors or firepower in close-in defense?Q&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:29:55Precision versus volume in close defenseQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:02:14Close-in weapons reduce Falklands task-force lossesQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:36Gun CIWS trades reach for reloadability and magazine depthQ&A
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- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:36Why future warships may carry more medium-calibre gunsQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:47:12Designing a gun-based modern air-defense destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:59Why close-in weapon systems need magazine depthQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:06Why the next close-in defense may combine guns and lasersQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:57Phalanx and the aging CIWS generationQ&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 38:17Why carriers may shift close defence to escortsNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!1:09:22Carrier self-defence must fit flight operations and support networksChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!1:15:10National carrier weapon fits reflect aircraft and readiness choicesChapter
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:01:52Three-inch guns before close-in weapon systemsQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax5:08:59Why a protected hospital ship cannot carry CIWSQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:05:36Strike drones could increase the number of close-in gunsQ&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage48:17An aviation-first ship depends on escort depthNotable Point
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier1:41:27Invincible gained stronger close-in protection after the Falklands WarNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends4:05:31Drones, lasers, and the future of close-in weaponsQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:13:56Wartime point defense changes the American Star DestroyerNotable Point
- Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...3:30Why warship definitions should follow roles, not rangesChapter
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:27:35Why adding medium guns to a carrier is costlyQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered44:23What a Red Sea interception shows about point defenseQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered56:51A Falklands-informed redesign of the Type 42Q&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:10:28Why a Phalanx engagement does not identify the incoming threatQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships51:05A layered gun layout for a Type 83 destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:33:18Close-range weapons against uncrewed suicide boatsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:07:02Phalanx is a more practical containerized defenceQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:37:27Three close-in weapon mounts preserve an arc after failureQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 851:26Choosing a carrier close-in weapon is a system decisionQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:53:37A common Commonwealth close-in weaponQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett55:23Why limited firing arcs matter more at short rangeQ&A
- Imperial Fleet Review: An Introduction (Warhammer40k)7:01Modern warships still need stern defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword56:18Active anti-torpedo weapons remain ship self-defence systemsQ&A
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)6:38INS Eilat accelerated missile-defence workQ&A
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)11:52A close-in weapon system would overwhelm an age-of-sail warshipQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat33:32How long a modern warship could operate in World War IIQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:05:16CIWS and 30 mm guns form the close defense against small boatsQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers48:04Reliable railguns demand enormous magazinesChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History1:07:24Layered air defense fails when missile magazines emptyNotable Point
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations47:13How coastal batteries could reshape the 1982 invasionQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:31:49Type 23 relied on Sea Wolf instead of a gun CIWSQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:55:03Missile depletion could return fleets to gun warfareQ&A
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 1246:26Gefion's lesson for long-term warship designNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:03:08How a cruiser loss could have changed Invincible doctrineQ&A
- Offset Strategies One to Four34:06Weapon layout turns redundancy into resilienceChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)48:05Fridtjof Nansen’s compact regional weapons fitChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:00:02Why 76 mm guns matter for close-in defenseNotable Point
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:57:48F125 and the peacetime-frigate trapChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:06:51How should a Canadian offshore patrol vessel be armed?Q&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy11:09Why cruise-missile torpedo hybrids remain a niche weaponQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:35:15Layered defenses against drone swarmsQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions8:14Why CIWS would struggle with battleship salvosQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions30:05The limits of Phalanx as close-in defenceQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:18:16Three warnings for the Royal Navy before three warsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:49:37Warship design lessons from the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:13:03Why close-in weapon systems use different gun arrangementsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:52:43A modern use for ships in line aheadQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:09:14Why modern warships carry only a few close-in systemsQ&A
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?8:44Missile magazines do not replace every close-range gunNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?20:03The case for a heavier last-ditch defenceNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?49:21A Batch 2 case for 40 mm guns and deeper resilienceNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...16:35Why the close-in weapon fit still mattersNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...30:08Could laser heating disrupt a hypersonic missile?Q&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...33:23Testing close-in weapons without risking a shipQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:52:47Why Rolling Airframe Missile does not count in the VLS ratingQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...2:10:43Twin medium guns trade maintenance savings for combat resilienceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:52:53A Sea Ceptor fit for the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:27:41Should hospital ships carry CIWS?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:37:23What a modern twin 8-inch turret could deliverQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron4:04:11Would Vanguard have received close-in defenses by 1982?Q&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:01:49How Horizon requirements became the Type 45Notable Point
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval3:06:06Which close-in weapon combines a gun and missiles?Q&A
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval4:04:45Which close-in weapon system is best?Q&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation34:41How a carrier group counters a saturation strikeQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s23:48The larger Invincible design Britain chose not to buildNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy36:31Sea Dart and Sea Wolf still need a last-ditch defenceChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy43:48Close-in weapon warnings precede the Falklands WarNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:06:19Invincible's divided role and missing close defenseChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:13:48Why 40 mm can suit close defence better than 57 mmQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:22:07How could 40 mm guns counter a drone-bomblet swarm?Q&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:01:44A programmable 40 mm Gatling mount for warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:46:07A 40 mm Gatling concept for close-in defenceQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:53:29Overlapping fields of fire for a proposed 40 mm barrage defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:54:31Weight and coverage in a 40 mm close-in systemQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History3:35:47Ammunition flow limits practical warship armamentQ&A
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"2:02Science fiction exposes a fleet-design blind spotNotable Point
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:53Why fleet air defence must intercept before terminal rangeNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:35:41Layered air defence starts with the launch aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:05:29Close-in defence does not settle the big-gun questionQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:27:29Applying the twin-mount argument to Type 31Notable Point
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/248:09Point-defence weapons that can fight aloneNotable Point
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/20:39Flak as a last defensive layerChapter
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/23:14Gun defence above and below the waterlineNotable Point
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- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...9:00Standoff missiles meet a fighter-heavy battlespaceChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:59:38RIM-116 logistics versus a Phalanx upgrade pathQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:01:05A gun-based close-defense layout for Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:17:59The Queen Elizabeth class's fitted defensive gunsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:42A Belfast-Dragon hybrid warship thought experimentNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:15:14The return of 40 mm guns for close defenceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:20:54Can 40 mm accuracy offset a 20 mm rate of fire?Q&A
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